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Sudan Government and southern rebels sign peace pledge before Security Council

UNNEWS Center Video of Security Council meeting November 19 2004 - The Government of Sudan and southern rebels today pledged to end two decades of...

‘Jackson 17’ platoon refuses order in Iraq

US soldier captured as two car bombs explode in Mosul (Al Bawaba, 11/02/2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The ghosts of poor equipment and logistical support haunting...

U.S. lifts arms embargo to Haiti as violence grows

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Amid growing violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, the United States announced Oct. 19 it will consider requests to sell weapons...

Bush policies spur Iraqi rebel resistance, say 500 national security experts

JIM.LOBE Is “Zarqawi” Another Black-Op? (Al Jazeera.info, 10/25/2004)A Failed 'Transition': The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War (AntiWar.com, 10/22/2004)Farrakhan: The Duty of The Righteous...

Sudan needs help, not sanctions – A report from Darfur

Nine things that we did not know 1. KHARTOUM, Sudan (FinalCall.com) - The Arab/African identity is the term constructed around the language the people...

New Israeli spy probe has a 30-year history, insiders say

JIM.LOBE SEATTLE (IPS/GIN) - The burgeoning probe over claims that a Pentagon official passed highly classified secrets to a Zionist lobby group is part...

How does the U.S. aid Africa?

Bush's Goal: Bring African leaders in line with U.S. policy (FCN, 07/25/2003) (FinalCall.com) - The Bush administration has worked “hard” over the past three-and-a-half-years to...

U.S. Iraqi ambassador: The man in the shadows

Profile of John Dimitri Negroponte UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - John Dimitri Negroponte had served as the United States' ambassador to the United Nations since September...

Bush again blocks funds to UN population fund

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - In what critics are calling its latest slap at women and multilateralism, the administration of President George Bush recently announced...

The Compassion of Cuba’s Health Care

More doctors equal better healthHAVANA (FinalCall.com) - While major media reports the war of words between America and Cuba over President George Bush's...